hurt vs sully

hurt

verb
  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

adj
  • Wounded, physically injured. 

  • Pained. 

sully

verb
  • To corrupt or damage. 

  • To soil or stain; to dirty. 

  • To become soiled or tarnished. 

How often have the words hurt and sully occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )